Cigarette extinguisher



Auge 309 w32, R. H. JEFFERlEs 1874045 cmAnErTE mum-:msnm

Filed March 21, 195o LS'ZLMS;

)BICI-IARD H. JEFFERIES, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHERApplication tiled March 21, 1930. Serial No. 437,675.

My Vinvention relates to smokers accessories, and particularly toextinguishers for cigarettes.

It is the habit of many smokers after lighting a cigarette to take a fewwhiii's, and then to put it down, to go on with their dressing, or work,or reading, or card playing; to take the cigarette up again a minute orso later; but often forgetting it until it has burned down to and hascharred the surface upon which it is resting.

The object of my invention is to provide a device in which the cigarettemay be held; and in which the cigarette may be allowed to burn down to apredetermined point; at which point it will be extinguished.

A further object is to provide a device of this class which may becarried in the pocket and which may be readily attached to someavailable support.

In the drawing: Fig. I shows my device in plan; Fig. II is a perspectiveview of the same. j

Referring to Figs. I and II a metal plate or tray l is mounted on a.stem 2; and hinged.

at one end of the metal plate is the metal rod 3; so placed withreference to the length of the plate l, that upon a. cigarette beingplaced on the plate, the rod when dropped will lie across the end of thecigarette just behind the burning end. To the lower end of the stem 2may be attached a screw 4, for permanent insertion into woodwork; or theattaching means may be in the form of a clip to clip over the edge ofany structure; or it may be in the form of the well known rubber'suckerby which the device may be attached to any even and iat surface.

The end of the plate l does not project be'- Fig. II, so that the edgeof the plate 5 is practically in the same vertical plane as the rod 3the upper edges or flanges 6 of the plate extending beyond the bottomedge to form the hinge 7 and the rest 8.

ved cigarette to go out more quickly than it Vond the rod 37 but is Cutbackj as Shown in lire then dies out. rIhe smoker who desires Instead ofhinging therod 3.; the said rod may be merely dropped into slots formedin the opposite sides of the plate 1 the object of j the slots being tohold the rod against dis-y placement. But the hingedform is to bepreferred, since it prevents the loss of the rod. When it is desired touse the extinguisher, the smoker tips back the rod 8 with his nger,places the cigarette in the desired position on the plate, and then withhis linger dropsthe 55 rod 3 upon it, adjusting the position of thecigarette so that it will be extinguished at the desired point. Otherforms of extinguishers have been made, but in them the cigarette hasbeen promptly extinguished; whereas in my extinguisher it is possiblefor the smoker `to allow the cigarette to continue to burn for apredetermined length of time; so that if he wishes to take it up andcontinue smoking before that time has elapsed` he will find thecigarette still burning. On the other hand if he forgets it it will beextinguished.

In several other' forms of cigarette extinguishing holders the body ofthe cigarette is tightly nipped between two prongs or members; and thisnipping of the cigarette closes the air spaces between the shreds of.tobacco, so preventing the passage of air. The cutting oft of this draftcauses the lightwould if the air passages through the cigarette were notclosed. In my cigarette holder and extinguisher it will be noted thatthe rod 3 merely lies upon the body of the 80 cigarette, and that. thepressure it exerts upon the cigarette is only that due to the weight ofthe rod. rlhe cigarette continues to burn until the fire arrives at therod. The

to resume smoking upon his cigarette places it in the tray with-iasufiicient length projecting beyond the rod to prevent it beingextinguished before he is ready to take it up again, 9o

I c1am: A cigarette holder and extinguisher consisting of a supportingmember; a tray mounted upon the supporting member; and a, metal rodhngedly connected to the tray and arranged to lie upon a Cigarette onthe tray with a light pressure but one nsufcent to close the airpassages through the cigarette. In testimony whereof I have hereunto atfixed my signature.

RICHARD I-I.V J'EFFERIES.

